Access Restriction Bypass Affecting android-platform-system-core package, versions <1:7.0.0+r1-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-ANDROIDPLATFORMSYSTEMCORE-338530
  • published7 Feb 2016
  • disclosed7 Feb 2016

Introduced: 7 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-0807  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 android-platform-system-core to version 1:7.0.0+r1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream android-platform-system-core package and not the android-platform-system-core package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The get_build_id function in elf_utils.cpp in Debuggerd in Android 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that mishandles a Desc Size element in an ELF Note, aka internal bug 25187394.